President Bush to Nominate Thirteen Individuals to Serve in His Administration

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
thirteen individuals to serve in his administration.

The President intends to nominate Nancy Jo Powell to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Ghana. A career member of the Foreign
Service, she is currently the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs, and has served as the Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs since 1999. She
served as Ambassador to Uganda from 1997 to 1999. Ambassador
Powell has served extensively overseas in Dhaka, Lome, New Delhi,
Islamabad, Calcutta, Kathmandu and Ottawa. She has served in
Washington, D.C. as a refugee officer in the Bureau of Refugee Affairs
and as a political/economic officer in the Office of India, Nepal, Sri
Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives Affairs. Originally from Iowa,
she is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa.

The President intends to nominate Thomas J. Miller to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
Greece. Ambassador Miller currently serves as Chief of
Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina and served as Special Coordinator for
Cyprus from 1997 to 1999. Miller held the post of Deputy
Chief of Mission in Athens from 1994 to 1997. He has served
at the Department of State as the Director of the Office of Israeli and
Arab-Israeli Affairs from 1992 to 1994 and the Director of the Office
of Maghreb Affairs from 1989 to 1992 among other
assignments. He received Superior Honor Awards for his
service in 1994, 1992, 1989, 1983 and 1979 and a Meritorious Honor
Award in 1981. Miller received a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in
Political Science from the University of Michigan as well as a M.A. in
Asian Studies from the University of Michigan.

The President intends to nominate Michael E. Guest to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
Romania. As a career member of the Senior Foreign Service,
he is presently the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau
of Legislative Affairs. From 1996 to 1999, he served as
Deputy Chief of Mission in Prague. Guest has held several posts in
Washington including as Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of
State and Political-Military Officer in the Office of European Security
and Political Affairs and has completed overseas assignments in Paris,
Moscow and Hong Kong. Originally from South Carolina, he is
a graduate of Furman University and received a Master's degree from the
University of Virginia.

The President intends to nominate Laura E. Kennedy to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Turkmenistan. A career member of the Senior
Foreign Service, she is currently the Charge d'Affairs at the U.S.
Mission to International Organizations in Vienna and has served as
Deputy Chief of Mission there since 1998. She was Director
of the Office of Central European Affairs from 1995 to 1997 and was the
Deputy Director of the Office of Jordan, Lebanon, Syrain and
Palestinian Affairs from 1993 to 1995. She has served in a
variety of other posts both at the Department of State and abroad and
has twice received Meritorious Honor Awards and is a three time
recipient of Superior Honor Awards. Originally from New
York, she is a graduate of Vassar College and has received degrees from
American University and Stanford University.

The President intends to nominate Michael Parker to be Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. Parker is a former
Congressman from the 4th District of the State of Mississippi serving
from 1989 to 1999 and holding positions on the Budget, Appropriations,
Transportation, Education and Workforce and Veteran's Affairs
Committees. He is curently the President and Owner of
Parker-Malvaney Consulting, Inc., a government affairs consulting firm
in Brookhaven, Mississippi. A Mississippi native, he is a
graduate of William Carey College.

The President intends to nominate Reginald Jude Brown to be Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. He
is currently the President of Meridian International, Inc., a security
consulting firm, and was previously a Principle with Brown and Lowe
International. From 1989 to 1993, Brown served at the U.S.
Agency for International Development as Assistant Administrator for the
Near East from 1991 to 1993 and as Assistant Administrator for Program
Policy and Coordination from 1989 to 1991. Brown was a
senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
from 1982 to 1989 and was Executive Vice President of DECA Group, Inc.,
in Miami, Florida, from 1979 to 1982. From 1974 to 1979,
Brown held a variety of positions within the federal government and
served in the U.S. Army from 1961 to 1971. He is a graduate
of the U.S. Military Academy and the Kennedy School of Government.

The President intends to nominate John P. Stenbit to be Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and
Intelligence. Most recently he was Executive Vice President
for special assignments of TRW Aerospace and Information Systems and
had been with TRW since 1984. Mr. Stenbit formerly served
at the Department of Defense as the Deputy Director of
Telecommunications and Command and Control Systems and as a staff
specialist for Worldwide Military Command and Control
Systems. Stenbit is the a member of the National Academy of
Engineering, served as Chairman of the Science and Technology Advisory
Panel to the Director of the CIA and was a member of the Science
Advisory Group to the directors fo the Naval Intelligence and Defense
Communications Agency. He also chaired the Research,
Engineering and Development Advisory Committee for the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration. He received both an
undergraduate and Master's degree from the California Institute of
Technology.

The President intends to nominate Ronald M. Sega to be Director of
Defense Research and Engineering. He has served since 1996
as Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and has served as an
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor at the
University since 1982. He is a Brigadier General with the
United States Air Force and from 1991 to 1996 he was an Astronaut,
participating in two Space Chuttle Missions. Sega is a
graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, received a Master's from Ohio
State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado.

The President intends to nominate Judith Elizabeth Ayres to be
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for
International Activities. Currently, Ayers is Principal of
the Environmental Group and was formerly with William D. Ruckelshaus
Associates. From 1983 to 1988, she served as Regional
Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Region
9, which includes Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and the American
protectorates in the Pacific. Ayres served with the
Department of the Interior under Rogers Morton and has held positions
on several Environmental boards and commissions including the North
Pacific Fisheries Management Council Advisory Committee and the San
Francisco Bay Conservation Development Commission. She is a
graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and received a Master's
degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government.

The President intends to nominate
Josefina Carbonell to be Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Services for Aging. She is one
of the founders and is President and CEO of the Little Havana
Activities and Nutrition Centers of Dade County, and serves as part of
the national technical assistance team to the Office of Refugee
Resettlement. Carbonell served on the Board of Directors of
the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare in
Washington, D.C., and he held positions on numerous national, state and
local commissions and boards. She is a graduate of Florida
International University received the Kellogg Fellowship in Health
Management from the Kennedy School of Government.

The President intends to nominate Jo Anne Barnhart to be a Commissioner
of Social Security for a term of six years. She is currently
the President of JAB and Associates. She served at the
Department of Health and Human Services from 1990 to 1992 as Assistant
Secretary for Children and Families and Assistant Secretary for Family
Support. She served as Minority Staff Director for the
Government Affairs Committee from 1986 to 1990 and served as Associate
Commissioner for Family Assistance at the Social Security
Administration from 1983 to 1986. She was appointed to the Advisory
Board on Welfare Indicators in 1994 and was appointed and confirmed as
a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board in 1997. A
Delaware Native, she is a graduate of the University of Delaware.

The President intends to nominate Kevin Kennedy to be Assistant
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
for the Bureau of Humanitarian Response. He is presently the
Chief of the Humanitarian Emergency Branch in the Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs at the United Nations and has
served in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs since
1994. From 1993 to 1994, he served as UN Deputy Humanitarian
Coordinator for the UN Operation in Somalia. Kennedy was a
member of the United States Marine Corps from 1969 to 1993 receiving 27
decorations and campaign ribbons including the Legion of Merit, Navy
Commendation Medal and Purple Heart. He is a graduate of
West Chester State College, received a M.S.A. from George Washington
University and an M.A. from the U.S. Naval Warfare College.

The President intends to nominate Claude M. Kicklighter to be Assistant
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning. Mr.
Kicklighter joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2000, as
Deputy Under Secretary for Memorial Activities and also serves as
Director of Special Events. He is a Veteran of the U.S. Army
and served as Commander of US Army Pacific from 1989 to 1991 and was
then named Director of the 50th Anniversary commemoration of World War
II. He served as Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for
International Affairs from 1995 to 1999. Kicklighter presently serves
as Chair of the Board of Habitat for Humanity
International. Originally from Gelnnville, Georgia, he is a
graduate of Mercer University and received a Master's degree in
Management Resources from George Washington University.